Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
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5th Chhattisgarh Assembly | |
Type | |
Type | |
Term limits | 5 years |
Leadership | |
Santram Netam, INC since 4 January 2023 | |
Leader of the House (Chief Minister) | |
Structure | |
Political groups | Government (71)
Official Opposition (14)
Other Opposition (5) |
Elections | |
First past the post | |
Last election | 12 and 20 November 2018 |
Next election | November 2023 |
Meeting place | |
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly , Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India |
The Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha or the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Chhattisgarh state in India.
The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Raipur, the capital of the state. The Vidhan Sabha comprises 90 Members of Legislative Assembly, which include 90 members directly elected from single-seat constituency.[1] Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.
The state of Chhattisgarh was created by the Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Act 2000, approved by the President of India on 25 August 2000. The Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha came into existence with the creation of the state on 1 November 2000. The first session of the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha was held at Jashpur hall of Rajkumar College in Raipur. Later, the Vidhan Sabha was shifted to the newly constructed Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha Bhavan at Vidhan Nagar, on Raipur–Baloda Bazar Road.[1]
A new building for Vidhan Sabha is under construction at Sector 19, Atal Nagar behind Indravati Bhawan & Mahanadi Bhawan. The groundbreaking ceremony was done by Bhupesh Baghel on 29 August 2020 in the presence of leaders like Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and other ministers. The construction is currently halted since 2021 and all tenders are cancelled by the Government of Chhattisgarh due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Chhattisgarh. The inauguration is expected to be on or after 2025.[2][3]
Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha sits for three sessions (Budget, Monsoon & Winter).[4]
Assembly | Election Year | Speaker[5] | Chief Minister | Party | Opposition Leader | Party | ||
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1st Assembly[a] | 1998 | Rajendra Prasad Shukla | Ajit Jogi | INC | Nand Kumar Sai | BJP | ||
2nd Assembly | 2003 | Prem Prakash Pandey | Raman Singh | BJP | Mahendra Karma | INC | ||
3rd Assembly | 2008 | Dharamlal Kaushik | Ravindra Choubey | |||||
4th Assembly | 2013 | Gaurishankar Agrawal | T. S. Singh Deo | |||||
5th Assembly | 2018 | Charan Das Mahant | Bhupesh Baghel | INC | Dharamlal Kaushik | BJP | ||
Narayan Chandel[7] |